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Extensive pedigrees reveal the social organization of a Neolithic community

Maïté Rivollat (UGent) , Adam Benjamin Rohrlach, Harald Ringbauer, Ainash Childebayeva, Fanny Mendisco, Rodrigo Barquera, András Szolek, Mélie Le Roy, Heidi Colleran, Jonathan Tuke, et al.
(2023) NATURE. 620(7974). p.600-606
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Social anthropology and ethnographic studies have described kinship systems and networks of contact and exchange in extant populations(1-4). However, for prehistoric societies, these systems can be studied only indirectly from biological and cultural remains. Stable isotope data, sex and age at death can provide insights into the demographic structure of a burial community and identify local versus non-local childhood signatures, archaeogenetic data can reconstruct the biological relationships between individuals, which enables the reconstruction of pedigrees, and combined evidence informs on kinship practices and residence patterns in prehistoric societies. Here we report ancient DNA, strontium isotope and contextual data from more than 100 individuals from the site Gurgy 'les Noisats' (France), dated to the western European Neolithic around 4850-4500 bc. We find that this burial community was genetically connected by two main pedigrees, spanning seven generations, that were patrilocal and patrilineal, with evidence for female exogamy and exchange with genetically close neighbouring groups. The microdemographic structure of individuals linked and unlinked to the pedigrees reveals additional information about the social structure, living conditions and site occupation. The absence of half-siblings and the high number of adult full siblings suggest that there were stable health conditions and a supportive social network, facilitating high fertility and low mortality(5). Age-structure differences and strontium isotope results by generation indicate that the site was used for just a few decades, providing new insights into shifting sedentary farming practices during the European Neolithic.
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SKIN COLOR PREDICTION, ANCIENT, SEQUENCE, MIGRATION, SELECTION, PATTERNS, WESTERN, ORIGIN, SYSTEM, GURGY

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Rivollat, Maïté, et al. “Extensive Pedigrees Reveal the Social Organization of a Neolithic Community.” NATURE, vol. 620, no. 7974, 2023, pp. 600–06, doi:10.1038/s41586-023-06350-8.
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Rivollat, M., Rohrlach, A. B., Ringbauer, H., Childebayeva, A., Mendisco, F., Barquera, R., … Haak, W. (2023). Extensive pedigrees reveal the social organization of a Neolithic community. NATURE, 620(7974), 600–606. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-023-06350-8
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Rivollat, Maïté, Adam Benjamin Rohrlach, Harald Ringbauer, Ainash Childebayeva, Fanny Mendisco, Rodrigo Barquera, András Szolek, et al. 2023. “Extensive Pedigrees Reveal the Social Organization of a Neolithic Community.” NATURE 620 (7974): 600–606. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-023-06350-8.
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Rivollat, Maïté, Adam Benjamin Rohrlach, Harald Ringbauer, Ainash Childebayeva, Fanny Mendisco, Rodrigo Barquera, András Szolek, Mélie Le Roy, Heidi Colleran, Jonathan Tuke, Franziska Aron, Marie-Hélène Pemonge, Ellen Späth, Philippe Télouk, Léonie Rey, Gwenaëlle Goude, Vincent Balter, Johannes Krause, Stéphane Rottier, Marie-France Deguilloux, and Wolfgang Haak. 2023. “Extensive Pedigrees Reveal the Social Organization of a Neolithic Community.” NATURE 620 (7974): 600–606. doi:10.1038/s41586-023-06350-8.
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Rivollat M, Rohrlach AB, Ringbauer H, Childebayeva A, Mendisco F, Barquera R, et al. Extensive pedigrees reveal the social organization of a Neolithic community. NATURE. 2023;620(7974):600–6.
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M. Rivollat et al., “Extensive pedigrees reveal the social organization of a Neolithic community,” NATURE, vol. 620, no. 7974, pp. 600–606, 2023.
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